diff --git a/scp.c b/scp.c
index b741092d..f92485db 100644
--- a/scp.c
+++ b/scp.c
@@ -1883,7 +1883,7 @@ static void sink(char *targ, char *src)
 	}
 	(void) scp_finish_filerecv();
 	sfree(destfname);
-	sfree(act.name);
+	sfree(act.buf);
     }
 }